MINSK, May 30 (RIA Novosti) – Eurasian integration is beneficial for Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan as it will help to improve people's lives, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Friday during a meeting with Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko.
“Our colleagues, presidents, had been working hard but we got the result. Our countries are happy with that. Maybe someone doesn’t like it [Eurasian integration] that much but we realize that only by expanding this integration we can reach new levels of economic and national development, and thus improve our citizens’ quality of life which is of the utmost importance for any government,” he said.
The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan on Thursday signed the Eurasian Economic Union Treaty in Astana that will enter into force on January 1, 2015.
The treaty is bringing Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus to a higher level of integration, as the three commit to guarantee the free movement of goods, services, capital and labor as well as the implementation of coordinated policies in key sectors, including energy, industry, agriculture and transport.
